164.316(a) Policies and Procedures (Standard)
Policies and Procedures safeguard · Standard
The requirement as we hold it
Policies and Procedures (Standard). Implement reasonable and appropriate policies and procedures to comply with the Security Rule standards. NIST recommends a managed policy hierarchy with ownership, version control, and review cadence.
The examiner asks
- Show me the reasonable and appropriate policies and procedures that implement the Security Rule.
- How is the policy hierarchy owned, versioned and reviewed?
Evidence to bring
- the policy set
- the version control and review cadence
Source: 164.316(a) at eCFR. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.